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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Aesthetics and Politics at Pavilion
This evening I’m off to listen to talks at Pavilion in Leeds by Diarmuid Costello and TJ Demos, two prominent and distinctive thinkers in the field of aesthetics and politics who will each talk on their current research. As a … Continue reading
Contemporary Drawing in Odd Places
I saw some pretty exciting innovative drawing over the weekend. A contemporary drawing art fair Drawing Now was on at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, with a mass of great work to view, but the best bit was something … Continue reading
Posted in Encountering Art, Life encounters with the Artist
Tagged contemporary art, drawing, Paris, postaday2011, Visual Arts
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Crossing Paths and Paths of Peace
The other day I was browsing in a bookshop and happened upon a book I Shall Not Hate by Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish. Dr Abuelaish became known worldwide in 2009 as the Gazan doctor whose three daughters and a niece … Continue reading
The Imagination of Odilon Redon
I went to one of those blockbuster exhibitions yesterday. At the Grand Palais in Paris, it is the first complete retrospective of Odilon Redon’s work in five decades. But I have long admired the Goya-esque blackness of his drawings and … Continue reading
Parisian Harmony and the Making of Art
Most places you have to go out in search of culture and the arts. But in Paris, you just have to step outside the door and it’s there, all around, in whichever direction you care to turn. It helps of … Continue reading
More Airport Joy
The lunacy of air travel never fails to entertain. As I set off on another little jaunt yesterday, I reflected that it was airport security which drove me to twitter 18 months ago. Travelling alone with my blood pressure rising … Continue reading
Art in Unusual Spaces: (Not) A Serious Waste Of Time
Andy Abbott’s A Serious Waste of Time is part of the Art in Unusual Spaces project which uses vacant spaces in Leeds for artistic purposes. In this case, the Unusual Space is a single story industrial unit in the … Continue reading
Posted in Encountering Art, The Arts in Leeds
Tagged contemporary art, Leeds, postaday2011
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Searching Out Silver Linings
I’m having to live now with the great gaps down the road, and have completed a full day of mourning and moaning to anyone unfortunate enough to talk to me, so enough is enough. I’m now about to apply … Continue reading
Cutting Down a Muse
For someone who loves to initiate change, I’m pretty bad at dealing with change imposed on me. I’m particularly averse to changes in my immediate built and natural environment which is a real problem in this day and age. A … Continue reading
Amateur Dramatics and Community Spirit
I am currently involved in an entirely voluntary capacity with the artistic direction of a small community amateur dramatics production. Well, ‘artistic direction’ is probably not exactly the right term. It’s coordinating and doing all the sorts of things I … Continue reading
Posted in Life encounters with the Artist
Tagged Arts, Community Theatre, Performing Arts, postaday2011
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